Despite the huge size of London, there's scant few Japanese restaurants here, and fewer still that are run by actual Japanese people. This must go some way to explaining why I can only ever seem to find "Chicken Gyoza" here. I've never even heard of Chicken gyoza before - why is pork so expensive?

I was going to mention the dumplings-made-from-cardboard in China story, but now it seems that it might have been made up by a Chinese reporter. ..or not, depending on your trust of Chinese authorities in the runnup to the Beijing Olympics. The story was picked up in loads of places.. 1 and 2 Guardian BoingBoing

Cooking: Gyoza. Attempt #1 Uncooked Phase: Cooked Phase: Verdict: Pretty good actually. Though with the amount of mix that was left we'll be eating frozen remains well into next year.